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Taliban urges Western troops to leave Afghanistan

Informed Comment found this 12/9/2008 on in.reuters.com

By Golnar Motevalli KABUL, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar urged Western forces on Sunday to take a "golden opportunity" to leave Afghanistan before thousands of their troops were killed in the Islamist group's renewed insurgency. Omar, believed by Western intelligence to ...